The Greatest FRIDAY since 1977!!

Grim.Reaper · December 19, 2015, 07:51:33 AM

Quote from: Rekim on December 19, 2015, 03:40:16 AM
My employer rented an entire theater for us to view SW tonight, and I'm stuck working a shift :'(

I've manage to spend some time tinkering with CMANO on my laptop though.

That's pretty cool of your employer....although kind of stinks if some of the actual employees have to work...hopefully they are making it up to you somehow:)

Huw the Poo · December 19, 2015, 07:56:56 AM

Quote from: Rekim on December 19, 2015, 03:40:16 AM
My employer rented an entire theater for us to view SW tonight, and I'm stuck working a shift :'(

Argh! My god, the frustration!

JasonPratt · December 19, 2015, 09:37:53 AM

Quote from: Sir Slash on December 18, 2015, 10:20:55 PM
We need a Star Wars Total War. :D

Star Wars: Empire At War is impressively close. If you can replace the usual Total War battles with RTS battles of a Starcraft sort.

JasonPratt · December 19, 2015, 09:46:46 AM

Meanwhile...

QuoteDear JasonPratt, did you know you've been with us for 11 Year/s!

11 year or years?!

Why, no, Matrix, I wasn't even sure I had been with you for 10 years! Or what it means to have "been" with you that long at all!

I also have no idea why this coupon hasn't triggered before, since I thought the threshold was for 10 years, so it isn't as though I finally crossed that threshold today if according to your records I've actually "been" with you for 11 year! (Or years. Whichever.)

::) Maybe Matrix is taunting me with what it would feel like to have a crazy Oriental girlfriend. ;D

Oh well. I guess to my other weekend list I can add "What do I buy with my 38% discount coupon?" Hm...

Barthheart · December 19, 2015, 09:55:43 AM

Hmmm... maybe they are working their way through the alphabet and have only now reached the P's.... that means it will be a while before they get to my last name way down in the S's.....

JasonPratt · December 19, 2015, 11:13:26 AM

But why not release the coupons to everyone who qualifies all at once? It isn't like they're holding off to avoid mixing with the Christmas sale.

Meanwhile, decisions, decisions...

AGEOD Civil War 2, already down to $20 for the Christmas sale? (I own a bunch of their games, but not CW1.)

Order of Battle: Pacific, currently $5 off to $35 for the Christmas sale? (I love Panzer General games, and I've heard variably good things about this one.)

Phobetor's Germany at War: Barbarossa 1941, currently half off to $10 for the Christmas sale? (Again, love the variants on Panzer General. I can't recall if I got their original version of this, but I was glad to see an improved version)

GG's War in the West, currently $20 off to $60 for the sale? (I've not even played WitE yet, for heaven's sake. And I might need heaven to help me play this system anyway. Yeah I'll probably skip this one.)

Conflict of Heroes: Storm of Steel, currently $20 off to $20 for the sale? (I own the other two games in this series but have never played them. I could say much the same for most of the games I own, of course. ;) )

AGEOD's Espana 1936, currently half off to $15 for the sale? (I don't own this yet, do I? .... apparently I don't.)

Heroes of Stalingrad, currently $10 off to $30 for the sale? (I was going to get this at some point.)

Pike and Shot Campaigns, basically no discount, $35. (Have they fixed some of the goofy things here yet?)

(Not John Tiller's anymore I guess) Campaign Series: Middle East, 1948-(reallymorelike1982than)1985, no discount at all yet, $40? (Big fan of the original series, super-original series is like steak with cake for desert.)

Command: Modern Naval/Aaaahh, yeah, no, I'm not that insane.

Close Combat: Panthers in the Fog? I'm not sure that game even exists.

Kushan · December 19, 2015, 11:32:32 AM

Didn't get any gaming in last night due to the company Christmas party. Streaming CMANO today on my twitch channel. Assuming my new TrackIR pro clip comes in today then I see a lot of Elite: Horizons in my future. If not its probably going to be a mix of CMANO scenario work and Diablo 3 for me the rest of the weekend.

Toonces · December 19, 2015, 11:54:32 AM

Elite with the TrackIR is amazing. If you've played Elite without it, when you try it with your head is going to explode from the awesomeness.

I really need to reinstall Elite. I enjoyed it quite a bit when I played it previously.

JasonPratt · December 19, 2015, 12:11:09 PM

Okay, final tally around $85.

Germany at War Barbarossa 1941

AGEOD Civil War II

Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel

Espana 1936

Heroes of Stalingrad

Campaign Series: Middle East

Revolutions Under Siege Gold (38% off the 80% off the Christmas sale whatever that was, because I already owned RUS, so less than $5)

IronX · December 19, 2015, 01:09:20 PM

Continuing on with War in the West. So, with Market Garden a bust, I managed to find a weak point in the German defences. Alas, it is far too late and too far away from the main objectives to be of much use...

Kushan · December 19, 2015, 04:23:50 PM

Quote from: Toonces on December 19, 2015, 11:54:32 AM
Elite with the TrackIR is amazing. If you've played Elite without it, when you try it with your head is going to explode from the awesomeness.

I really need to reinstall Elite. I enjoyed it quite a bit when I played it previously.

I don't think I could play Elite TrackIR. I got one last year but the flimsy clip on the pro tracker broke the other day so I had to order a new one.

Its a great game but it absolutely isn't going to guide you through a narrative experience. With the release of Horizons I'm planning a long distance exploration mission. Planning on not being back in explored space for 2-3 real months.

Toonces · December 19, 2015, 05:01:17 PM

I think something got lost in translation there. Are you saying that you've been playing Elite WITH TrackIR until your clip broke, and you couldn't play without it? If so, I agree.

Kushan · December 19, 2015, 05:41:51 PM

Quote from: Toonces on December 19, 2015, 05:01:17 PM
I think something got lost in translation there. Are you saying that you've been playing Elite WITH TrackIR until your clip broke, and you couldn't play without it? If so, I agree.

haha Sorry, Yea I've been playing with it until the clip broke.

Just got the new one in the mail, there goes any chance of anything productive getting done this weekend

undercovergeek · December 20, 2015, 06:39:18 PM

Turned out to be a eu4 fest so far - Ireland belongs to England now, I'm looking at Scotland but they have an alliance with France. I have put down another lollard uprising, smashed Irish separatist rebels and have built the greatest navy the world has ever seen.

There's been a huge power shift on the mainland where after a brief war with practically all of Europe burgundy upped and dissolved into Austria which now spans Europe from Venice to Belgium. Before they vanished I managed to get Artois for some decent beer, and once they did vanish, all their minor Flemish an Dutch States became up for grabs - I got Flanders and vassalised them, now working to annexation for a strip of French and Belgian coast from Normandy to Holland.

My personal goal is to try and follow the path of the Dutch East India trading company, make my way down to the cape and then head east - I misread England's national ideas page and chose the wrong one, whilst I now have extra and buffed colonists I can't recruit explorers who will get me past Morocco which is the limit of my navy right now

King Phillip 1 I England has great admin stats so we should get to that idea soonish, my heir Is Henry Tudor so I'm rocking the legitimacy at the moment and am currently placed first